Oct 12 As disasters strike, advocates worry FEMA policy changes put disability community at risk By Zoe Rohrich In May, FEMA said it was reducing the number of disability advisors per disaster from 60 to 5. Continue reading
Oct 12 Al Gore on alarming U.N. climate report: 'We have a global emergency' By Joshua Barajas “The scientists not only predicted these consequences, they’re telling us they’re going to get a lot worse still, until we stop using the Earth’s atmosphere as an open sewer,” Former Vice President Al Gore told the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Oct 12 Facebook says hackers accessed 29 million people's accounts By Associated Press Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 12 Read Pope Francis' letter defending Cardinal Wuerl's 'mistakes' in sex abuse scandal By Joshua Barajas Pope Francis sent embattled Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl a letter Friday that accepted his resignation while also defending him, saying there was a difference between a cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church and the official's "mistakes."… Continue reading
Oct 12 Hurricane Michael's deadly toll spreads from Florida to Virginia By Russ Bynum, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Search and rescue teams looked for bodies through a ruined landscape of smashed homes and piles of sand Friday, while more deaths were reported in Virginia, 600 miles from where Hurricane Michael made landfall. Continue reading
Oct 12 Hurricane Michael's destruction, by the numbers By Associated Press There will be nothing quick about Florida’s recovery from the hurricane. Here's a closer look at the storm's devastation. Continue reading
Oct 12 Pope accepts Cardinal Donald Wuerl's resignation amid sex abuse scandal By David Crary, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis appeared to accept Wuerl's resignation reluctantly and asked him to stay on in a temporary capacity until a new archbishop is found. Continue reading
Oct 12 Global stocks climb following two days of sharp losses By Marley Jay, Associated Press World stocks are climbing Friday after two days of sharp losses. Major U.S. stock indexes are up more than 1 percent, but they're still on track for their biggest one-week loss since late March. Technology and internet companies were some… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 7:11 Parts of Florida Panhandle unreachable after Hurricane Michael Along the Florida Panhandle, Hurricane Michael wreaked catastrophic damage. Winds of 155 miles per hour slammed into Mexico Beach and Panama City. Over a million people are without power, emergency responders are challenged by the loss of cell phone service… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 5:19 'I fear the worst,' says Fla. senator of Hurricane Michael damage Hurricane Michael, considered the most powerful hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle, has left buildings flattened, trees snapped and entire towns unreachable by land. Judy Woodruff speaks with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., for the latest on the damage he’s seen… Continue watching